[AusNOG] Google creepier than Conroy?

[Richard Pruss]

Worse than that in certain highly restrictive societies we see proposals to force national per user id numbers as a mandatory portable part of IPv6 Addresses.

I.e the last digits of your IP address are your fix ID, the first few is your device locator...

Please do not tell Conroy about that one or we will see some horror like that here too.

On 31/05/2010, at 2:19 PM, Pinkerton, Eric wrote:

> >It's considered to be neighbourly to open your WiFi and it some what protects you against government accusations of  piracy as who was using the WiFi in open WiFi is hard to pin down.
>  
> This is known as the cheerleader defence, and if you have to depend upon it when some 'unneighbourly' neighbour uses your naivety to upload child pornography your mileage may vary!
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/06/wireless_security_cheerleader_defence/
>  
> ;-)
> 

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